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Performers:
Unidentified performer(s), accordion solo A1–9, 17, B3–5;
accordion in duet B6;
Unidentified performers, singing in English A10–16, 20–24, B7–12;
Unidentified performers, whistle duet A18–19;
Rainey, Stephen 'Spare Parts', fiddle duet B1, 2?, 16–22;
fiddle solo B14–15?;
Rainey, Paddy 'Big', fiddle duet B1, 2?, 16–22;
Unidentified performer, fiddle in duet B6;
Unidentified performer, flute solo B13

Running Order:
1. Jig: Untitled (beginning clipped) [The Frost is All Over]
2. Song Air: Untitled (beginning clipped) [Patsy Fagan]
3. Reel: Untitled (beginning clipped) [Bonnie Kate / Bonny Kate]
4. Jig: Untitled (beginning clipped) [The Geese in the Bog]
5. Fling / Barn Dance: Untitled (beginning clipped)
6. Reel: Untitled (beginning clipped) [Rolling in the Ryegrass]
7. Hornpipe: Untitled (beginning clipped) [The Harvest Home]
8. Slip Jig: Untitled (beginning clipped) [The Rocky Road to Dublin]
9. Reel: Untitled (beginning clipped) [Miss McLeod's Reel]
10. Song: Untitled [Down by the Glenside]
11. Song: Untitled
12. Song: Untitled
13. Song: Untitled [The Snowy-breasted Pearl]
14. Song: Untitled (beginning clipped) [The Christening of Pat]
15. Song: Untitled [Eileen]
16. Song: Untitled [Nell Flaherty's Drake]
17. Hornpipe: Untitled [The Londonderry Hornpipe / The Derry Hornpipe]
18. Jig: Untitled [The Frost is All Over]
19. Jigs: Untitled (brief; incomplete), Untitled [The Connachtman's Rambles]
20. Song, Speech: Untitled [The Wild Colonial Boy], Untitled
21. Song: Untitled [The Glens of Sweet Mayo]
22. Song: Untitled (beginning clipped) [Moonlight in Mayo (parody)]
23. Song: Untitled (beginning clipped) [We Parted on the Shore]
24. Song: Untitled (incomplete; tape runs out) [END OF BAND ONE]
25. Jig: Untitled (beginning clipped) [The Connachtman's Rambles]
26. Reel: Untitled [Miss McLeod's Reel]
27. Reel: Untitled (beginning clipped) [Bonnie Kate / Bonny Kate]
28. Reel: Untitled (beginning clipped) [Miss McLeod's Reel]
29. Reel: Untitled [The Sally Gardens]
30. Hornpipe: Untitled (beginning clipped) [The Londonderry Hornpipe / The Derry Hornpipe]
31. Song: Untitled [Mush Mush Mush Tooral-eye-addy]
32. Song: Untitled [Composed by the singer]
33. Song: Untitled [Topic: fishing for pollock]
34. Song, Recitation: Untitled [Melody: Ned of the Hill / Eamon an Chnoic], Untitled
35. Song: Untitled [The Lovely Cottage by the Lee]
36. Song: Untitled [Caroline of Edinburgh Town]
37. Air: Untitled (beginning clipped) [The Snowy-breasted Pearl]
38. Reels: Untitled [Jenny Picking Cockles], Untitled [Rakish Paddy]
39. Jig, Song: Untitled (beginning clipped) [The Lark in the Morning], Untitled (brief; incomplete)
40. Reels: Untitled (beginning clipped) [The Sally Gardens], Untitled [The Woman of the House]
41. Waltzes: Untitled [The Woodlands of Lough Lynn], Untitled [The Homes of Donegal]
42. Hornpipe, Set Dance: Untitled [The Boys of Blue Hill], Untitled [The Blackbird]
43. Reels: Untitled [The Collier's Reel], Untitled [The London Lasses]
44. Reels: Untitled (beginning clipped) [The Pigeon on the Gate], Untitled
45. Song Airs: Untitled [The Valley of Knockanure], Untitled [Tipperary So Far Away ?], Untitled (brief; incomplete) [Doonaree]
46. Reels: Untitled [The Star of Munster], Untitled [The Swallow's Tail], Untitled (brief; incomplete; faded out) [The Bucks of Oranmore] [END OF BAND TWO]

Performers:
Corr, Sally, speech in English
O'Connor, Mick, speech in English
O'Grady, Noel, singing in English
Ó Riada, Peadar, concertina
McGivney, Eamonn, fiddle
Kelly, John, fiddle
Power, David, uilleann pipes
McEldowney, Eugene, singing in English
Glackin, Paddy, fiddle
Regan, John, accordion
Fitzpatrick, Tony, singing in English
Rowsome, Kevin, uilleann pipes
Begley, Cormac, concertina
Corcoran, Mary, piano
O'Connor, Aoife, concertina
O'Beirne, Majella, flute
Ó hArcáin, Seán, singing in Irish
Keane, Seán, fiddle
O'Neill, Lisa, singing in English
Hunt, Eamonn, singing in English
Geraghty, Des, singing in Irish
Donohue, Martin, accordion
O'Connor, Mick, flute

Running Order:
1. Introduction, speech in English / Sally Corr
2. Introduction, speech in English / Mick O'Connor, speech in English
3. Shanagolden, song in English / Noel O'Grady, singing in English
4. Scattery Island, jig ; Siney Crotty's, jig ; Tom Keane's, jig / Peadar Ó Riada, concertina ; Eamonn McGivney, fiddle ; John Kelly, fiddle
5. Peadar O'Riada remembers Tony MacMahon, speech in English / Peadar Ó Riada
6. The humours of Kiltyclogher, jig ; Elizabeth Kelly's delight, slip jig / Peadar Ó Riada, concertina ; Eamonn McGivney, fiddle ; John Kelly, fiddle
7. Gentle Philip Fahy, air ; unidentified, reel / David Power, uilleann pipes
8. The Croppy Boy, song in English / Eugene McEldowney, singing in English Paddy
9. Glackin remembers Tony MacMahon, speech in English / Paddy Glackin
10. Unidentified, hornpipe ; unidentified, hornpipe / Paddy Glackin, fiddle ; John Regan, accordion
11. Joe Kennedy's, jig ; unidentified, jig ; unidentified, jig / Paddy Glackin, fiddle ; John Regan, accordion
12. Ships are sailing, reel ; James Byrne's, reel / Paddy Glackin, fiddle ; John Regan, accordion
13. Dark horse on the wind, song in English / Tony Fitzpatrick, singing in English
14. Music of the spirits for Tony MacMahon [poem], speech in Irish ; speech in English / Unidentified
15. Unidentified, air / Kevin Rowsome, uilleann pipes
16. Unidentified, air ; The mummer's jig, jig ; The mummer's reel, reel / Kevin Rowsome, uilleann pipes
17. The morning dew, reel ; unidentified, air ; unidentified, hornpipe? / Cormac Begley, concertina
18. Unidentified, march ; The races to Ballyhouley (Liam O'Connor), march ; unidentified, jig / Cormac Begley, concertina
19. Unidentified, reel ; unidentified, reel ; Last night's fun, reel / Mary Corcoran, piano ; Aoife O'Connor, concertina ; Majella O'Beirne, flute
20. The piper's wife, waltz ; Chalk Sunday, jig ; The devil in Dublin, jig / Mary Corcoran, piano ; Aoife O'Connor, concertina ; Majella O'Beirne, flute
21. The hunt, setdance ; An súisin bán, setdance ; unidentified, reel ; unidentified, reel / Mary Corcoran, piano ; Aoife O'Connor, concertina ; Majella O'Beirne, flute
22. Unidentified, song in Irish / Seán O' hArcáin, singing in Irish
23. The humours of Ennistymon, jig ; I buried my wife and danced on top of her, jig / Seán Keane, fiddle ; Mary Corcoran, piano
24. The old bush, reel ; The red-haired lass?, reel / Seán Keane, fiddle ; Mary Corcoran, piano
25. Dan Breen's, reel ; The coalminer's, reel ; Ballykett Courthouse, reel / Seán Keane, fiddle ; Mary Corcoran, piano ; Michael Tubridy, flute
26. A year shy of three, song in English / Lisa O'Neill, singing in English ; Cormac Begley, concertina
27. Carraigdhoun, song in English / Eamonn Hunt, singing in English
28. Des Geraghty speaks on traditional Irish music, speech in English / Des Geraghty
29. The grand banks of the Liffey, song in Irish / Des Geraghty, singing in Irish
30. Banish misfortune, jig ; Garrett Barry's jig, jig / Seán Keane, fiddle ; Mary Corcoran, piano ; Michael Tubridy, flute ; Aoife O'Connor, concertina ; Majella O'Beirne, flute ; Paddy Glackin, fiddle ; John Regan, accordion ; Des Geraghty, flute ; Eamonn McGivney, fiddle ; John Kelly, fiddle ; Martin Donohue, accordion ; Unidentified, flute
31. The Tarbolton, reel ; The Duke of Leinster?, reel ; The Longford collector, reel ; The sailor's bonnet, reel ; The bucks of Oranmore, reel / Seán Keane, fiddle ; Mary Corcoran, piano ; Michael Tubridy, flute ; Aoife O'Connor, concertina ; Majella O'Beirne, flute ; Paddy Glackin, fiddle ; John Regan, accordion ; Des Geraghty, flute ; Eamonn McGivney, fiddle ; John Kelly, fiddle ; Martin Donohue, accordion ; Unidentified, flute ; Mick O'Connor, flute

Belfast Concert [West Belfast Féile], Tony MacMahon and Steve Cooney

Side A:
00:00:37 - 00:01:40 | Intro by Gerry Adams, speech / Gerry Adams, speech in Irish
00:02:04 - 00:08:28 | Port na bpucaí, slow air / Tony MacMahon, accordion
00:08:30 - 00:17:06 | The rolling wave, jig ; Sport, jig / Tony MacMahon, accordion ; Steve Cooney, guitar
00:17:09 - 00:22:09 | O'Neill’s, march ; Unidentified, march / Tony MacMahon, accordion ; Steve Cooney, guitar
00:22:14 - 00:25:46 | Lark in the morning, jig ; Joe Cooley’s, jig / Tony MacMahon, accordion ; Steve Cooney, guitar

Side B:
00:00:22 - 00:06:14 | Aisling gheal, air ; Over the hill [Up against the buachalawns], reel / Tony MacMahon, accordion ; Steve Cooney, guitar
00:06:17 - 00:11:50 | Merrily kissed the Quaker, jig [slide] ; Unidentified, jig [slide] ; Unidentified, jig [slide] / Tony MacMahon, accordion ; Steve Cooney, guitar
00:11:77 - 00:15:34 | Concertina reel ; Come west along the road, reel / Tony MacMahon, accordion ; Steve Cooney, guitar
00:15:37 - 00:24:21 | Plains of Boyle, hornpipe ; Unidentified, hornpipe ; College groves, reel ; Dairy maid, reel / Tony MacMahon, accordion ; Steve Cooney, guitar

Recording of Joe Ryan, Eoin O'Neill and Gerdie Commane, 1980s

Side A
00:22:08 - 00:25:37 | The Chicago reel ; Scotch Mary, reel ; Templehouse, reel / Joe Ryan, fiddle ; Eoin O'Neill, bouzouki
00:31:25 - 00:33:36 | Piper's chair, jig ; The maids in the meadow, jig / Joe Ryan, fiddle ; Eoin O'Neill, bouzouki
00:33:38 - 00:36:07 | Stone in the field, reel ; Laurel tree, reel / Joe Ryan, fiddle ; Eoin O'Neill, bouzouki ; Unidentified, concertina

Recorded by Doug Hillyard in Arcata, California, 10 July 1980

Side A:
00:00:00 - 00:02:45 | Tony recounts the fame of Joe Cooley in Ireland and US, especially in San Francisco, speech / Tony MacMahon, speech in English
00:02:35 - 00:06:11 | The morning dew, reel ; Cooley's, reel / Tony MacMahon, accordion
00:07:19 - 00:10:51 | The bucks of Oranmore, reel ; Toss the feathers, reel / Tony MacMahon, accordion, speech in English
00:10:53 - 00:13:26 | Joe Heaney recounts growing up in Connemara and importance of passing on the musical and singing tradition, speech / Joe Heaney, speech in English
00:13:27 - 00:17:06 | As I roved out on a May morning, song / Joe Heaney, singing in English
00:17:07 - 00:19:34 | Recalling Cromwell's invasion of Ireland and anecdote about the 'The rocks of bawn', speech / Joe Heaney, speech in English
00:19:35 - 00:22:42 | The rocks of bawn, song / Joe Heaney, singing in English
00:23:22 - 00:26:35 | Intro to song, speech ; [Eggs and marrowbones], song / Joe Heaney, singing in English
00:26:36 - 00:35:16 | Story telling in Carna, Connemara, riddle story, story about Protestant converting so he could court a Catholic woman with clover under pillow to win the love of Mary, and eating meat on a Friday, speech / Joe Heaney, speech in English
00:35:16 - 00:38:07 | Intro to song, speech ; An chúilfhionn, song / Joe Heaney, singing in Irish, speech in English
00:38:08 - 00:43:18 | Intro to Seven drunken nights, speech ; Seven drunken nights, song / Joe Heaney, singing in English
00:43:19 - 00:47:06 | Dear Irish boy [Buachaillín bán], slow air / Tony MacMahon, accordion, speech in English [abrupt ending to tape]

Side B:
00:00:06 - 00:02:17 | Ships are sailing, reel / Tony MacMahon, accordion
00:02:35 - 00:04:17 | Intro to Banish misfortune, reference to the Famine and emigration to US, speech / Tony MacMahon, speech in English
00:04:18 - 00:09:34 | Banish misfortune, jig ; Piper on the hob, jig ; Geese in the bog, jig / Tony MacMahon, accordion
00:09:35 - 00:12:43 | Intro to 'The wounded huzzar', collected from Séamus Ennis, speech / Tony MacMahon, speech in English
00:12:44 - 00:18:69 | The wounded huzzar, slow air / Tony MacMahon, accordion
00:19:00 - 00:23:50 | Intro by Joe about love song, speech ; I wish I had someone to love me, song / Joe Heaney, singing in English
00:23:51 - 00:27:14 | The American wake, port béil, speech ; My love is in America, reel ; off to California, hornpipe / Joe Heaney, speech in English, lilting, singing in English
00:27:48 - 00:31:02 | Intro, speech ; A stór mo chroí, song / Joe Heaney, singing in English, speech in English
00:32:18 - 00:36:22 | Captain Wedderburn's courtship [And you lie next the wall], song / Joe Heaney, singing in English
00:36:26 - 00:42:04 | Story of couple going to the parish priest for advice for 'wild son', speech / Joe Heaney, speech in English
00:42:20 - 00:47:18 | Intro to Cúnla ; Cúnla, song / Joe Heaney, singing in English, singing in Irish

Barney McKenna & Tony MacMahon recorded at the Focus Theatre, [Dublin], 1970s

The kid on the mountain, slip jig / Barney McKenna, banjo